Structure and Isomorphism Classification of Compact Quantum Groups A_u(Q) and B_u(Q)

Shuzhou Wang

Published 1998-07-17, updated 2000-11-14Version 2

We classify the compact quantum groups $A_u(Q)$ (resp. $B_u(Q)$) up to isomorphism when $Q>0$ (resp. when $Q \bar{Q} \in {\mathbb R} I_n$). We show that the general $A_u(Q)$'s and $B_u(Q)$'s for arbitrary $Q$ have explicit decompositions into free products of these special $A_u(Q)$'s and $B_u(Q)$'s.